2023-24 Carolina Rowing Roster

Sarah Redden
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Thomas, Ky.
- High School:
- Highlands
2024-25 (Senior): Participated in nine races across four regattas • Raced with the 3V8 boat throughout the season • Assisted the 3V8 crew to a second place finish at the Cardinal Invitational • Earned three top-two finishes at the Lake Wheeler Invitational with the 3V8 • Member of the 3V8 crew at the ACC Championship • Honored as a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete.
2023-24 (Junior): Competed in nine races over four events as a junior • Opened the season with the 4V8 at the Rivanna Romp • Rowed with the 3V8 at the Cardinal Invitational • Continued with the 3V8 at the Lake Wheeler Invitational • Helped the 3V8 to a sixth-place finish in the Grand Final at the ACC Championships • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Sophomore): Competed in four events during the 2023 spring campaign • Split time between the Tar Heels' V4 and 2V4 boats • Made season debut with the V4 at the Sunshine State Invitational • Competed with the V4 at the 2023 ACC Championships • Helped the V4 advance to the Grand Final at the ACC Championships • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Freshman): Competed in nine races at 2V4 and 3V8 • Finished second against UCF in the Second Varsity 4+ boat at the UVA Invitational • Was a part of the Third Varsity 8+ that finished second against Tennessee at the UVA Invitational • The Third Varsity 8+ boat dropped a second behind Boston College on Apr. 2 to finish second • Finished second in the Second Varsity 4+ race in the second round of the Lake Wheeler Invite • Her Second Varsity 4+ team finished second in the Petite Final at the ACC Championships • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before UNC: Rowed for Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club • Midwest Junior Team Champions in 2019 and 2020 • Second place in First Varsity 8+ and third place in First Varsity 4+ at 2021 Midwest Junior Championships • Lettered four years in swimming at Highlands High School • Three-time Kentucky High School State Qualifier in swimming • Member of the 2020 Combined State Championship Team • Graduated Cum Laude • Kentucky Governor's Scholar • Member of the National Honor, Math, English, Computer Science, and Spanish Honor Society • Technology Student Association State Champion.
Personal: Daughter of David and Judy Redden • Sister, Katherine, was on the swim team at Ohio University from 2016-20 • Sister, Mary Claire, competed on the track and field team at Western Kentucky from 2018-2022 • Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy and the FORevHER Tar Heels Mentorship Program • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Serves as a Tar Heel Global Ambassador • Double majoring in economics and Hispanic studies with a minor in history.